Continuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweet potato

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dc.contributor.authorBararyenya, Astere
dc.contributor.authorTukamuhabwa, Phinehas
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Paul
dc.contributor.authorGrüneberg, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorSsali, Reuben
dc.contributor.authorLow, Jan
dc.contributor.authorOdong, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorOchwo-Ssemakula, Mildred
dc.contributor.authorTalwana, Herbert
dc.contributor.authorMwila, Natasha
dc.contributor.authorMwanga, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T21:19:10Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T21:19:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam, family Convolvulaceae.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide, with approximately 106 million tons produced in almost 120 countries from an area of about 8 million ha and an average global yield of 11.1 tons/ha (FAO, 2016). Asia is the world’s largest sweetpotato producing continent, with 79 million tons, followed by Africa (FAOstat, 2016). About 75% of this global production is from China alone. A total of 21.3 million tons is produced in Africa, with 48% from the Great Lakes region. In East Africa, the crop is the second most important root crop after cassava and has played an important role as a famine-relief crop during its long history and has recently been reevaluated as a health-promoting food (Low et al., 2017). Uganda ranks as the fourth largest sweetpotato producer in the world after China, Nigeria and Tanzania, with a production of 2.1 million t. In Africa, Uganda is ranked third after Nigeria and Tanzania. Sweetpotato is one of the main staple crops in the food systems of Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi with a per capita consumption of 50.9, 80.1 and 57.0 kg, respectivelyen_US
dc.identifier.citationBararyenya A, Tukamuhabwa P, Gibson P et al. Continuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweetpotato [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved] Gates Open Research 2019, 3:83 (https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12895.2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.12895.2
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4381
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGates Open Researchen_US
dc.subjectSweetpotatoen_US
dc.subjectYielden_US
dc.subjectContinuous storage root formation and bulkingen_US
dc.subjectGrowth patternen_US
dc.subjectPhenotypic variationen_US
dc.titleContinuous Storage Root Formation and Bulking in Sweet potatoen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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